Selected Events from Georgia Tech's History - Continued

As a result of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech opened its doors to nearly 300 Tulane University students; President Clough was selected to chair the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects; the Alexander Memorial Coliseum served as a Red Cross Shelter for evacuees from New Orleans; and hundreds of faculty, staff and students volunteered with relief efforts. Ground is broken on the Nanotechnology Research Center and funded by a $15 million gift from Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus and a matching grant from the State of Georgia. Jim Meindl wins IEEE Medal of Honor and is named the director of the new Nanotechnology Research Center. Tech breaks ground on Technology Enterprise Park, an 11-acre bioscience research and development park. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Associates of Colleges and Schools reaffirmed Georgia Tech's accreditation for the next ten years. College of Management names Steve Salbu as its new dean. Three undergraduate students named Goldwater Scholars and one student named as a Marshall Scholar. Georgia Tech undertakes an economic impact study, sponsored by ten companies, that explores how greater flexibility in the state's higher education system would increase the economic impact of the university and the state of Georgia. GTRI announces a research enterprise collaboration in Athlone, Ireland and will be known as GT-Ireland and is the first applied research facility outside the United States. Spring Commencement moves to the Georgia Dome. The National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health selected Georgia Tech and Emory University as one of seven National Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. Tech forms a dual degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Dan Radakovich is named new Athletic Director. Carolyn and Milton Stewart made a commitment of $20 million to the School of ISyE to establish a permanent endowment for unrestricted use. The Institute moves up in the rankings to number 8 in the top public universities in the nation and all of the engineering programs are ranked in the top ten, according to US News and World Report. College of Sciences Dean Gary Schuster is named provost, replacing Jean-Lou Chameau who was named president of the California Institute of Technology. Fall 2006 brings the largest freshman class ever.

With a long-term commitment to providing higher education to the state's young people, the Tech Promise is initiated to assist all qualified Georgia students whose families have an annual income of less than $30,000 attain a debt-free education at Georgia Tech. The Music Department approves their first degree program...a master's in music technology. The Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building opens. The library completes the East Commons and Resource Center and wins the 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries. The NIH awards Georgia Tech, Emory, and the Medical College of Georgia a grant to partner on a Nanomedicine Development Center. The Fifth Street Bridge connects Tech Square to the main campus with a pedestrian-friendly makeover. The Health Systems Institute partnership with Emory is designed to develop systems and technologies to improve communications within the health care cycle. The Milken Institute names Tech number 11 among national universities for technology transfer and commercialization. Finding Common Ground, a student initiative to promote intellectual discussion and civility on campus is founded, and the inaugural speaker is poet Maya Angelou. The CRC hosts the NCAA men's national swimming and diving competitions. The College of Management starts and evening MBA program. The Athletic Association introduces the Tech Fund, an donation system for priority seat locations. The College of Computing creates two new schools - the school of Computer Sciences and the School of Interactive Computing. Tech acquires the Georgia State University/Olympic dorms and names it the North Avenue Apartments, adding 2,000 beds to campus housing. U.S. News & World Report ranks Tech's graduate engineering programs fourth in the country and management programs 25th. Undergraduate rankings move the Institute to number seven among public universities. Tech graduates more women in engineering than any school in the nation. Paul Houston is named the dean of the College of Sciences. The women's tennis team wins the NCAA championship - Tech's first NCAA title in any sport! Architecture Dean Tom Galloway passes away at age 67. John Stein is named Dean of Students. Yves Berthlot is named president and director of GT-Lorraine. Tech continues to rank top overall producer of African-American and Hispanic engineers. The Institute is ranked as one of the best places to work in academia.